Wednesday, September 11, 2013

RIT partners with Uncommon Schools

The Rochester Institute of Technology is partnering with the charter schools group Uncommon Schools to open a high school in Rochester in the fall of 2014. The school will open with a 60-student freshman class and grow to about 500 students serving grades 9 to 12, according to a letter to the RIT community from President Bill Destler.

The partnership gives RIT a pipeline of college-bound students, as well as opportunities for research, and new teacher and education program development.

“Universities can’t afford not to be involved in the preparation of K-12 students for college students,” Destler says.

RIT won’t provide any tuition or operational funds to the charter school. The partnership will instead by funded through a grant from RIT trustee Ronald Zarella.